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+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Data;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.Common.Fixtures.DatabaseObjects;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTesting.Tests;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Verifies that SqlClient preserves the logical UTF-16 representation of bidirectional text.
+/// Visual direction, shaping, and mirroring are responsibilities of the consuming UI.
+/// </summary>
+[Trait("Set", "3")]
+public sealed class DirectionalityTest
+{
+    private static readonly string[] s_bidiText =
+    {
+        "\u0645\u0631\u062D\u0628\u0627 Microsoft 01 - \u0639\u0627\u0644\u0645 \U0001F310",
+        "\u05E9\u05DC\u05D5\u05DD Microsoft 01 - \u05E2\u05D5\u05DC\u05DD \U0001F310"
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Ensures mixed Arabic/Hebrew, Latin, numeric, punctuation, and supplementary characters
+    /// round-trip unchanged through parameters, readers, sequential streaming, and bulk copy.
+    /// </summary>
+    [ConditionalTheory(typeof(DataTestUtility), nameof(DataTestUtility.AreConnStringsSetup))]
+    [InlineData(false)]
+    [InlineData(true)]
+    public async Task BidiText_RoundTripsWithoutTransformation(bool async)
+    {
+        using SqlConnection setupConnection = new(DataTestUtility.TCPConnectionString);
+        await OpenConnection(setupConnection, async);
+
+        using Table sourceTable = new(
+            setupConnection,
+            "DirectionalitySource",
+            "(Id int NOT NULL, Value nvarchar(max) NOT NULL)");
+        using Table destinationTable = new(
+            setupConnection,
+            "DirectionalityDestination",
+            "(Id int NOT NULL, Value nvarchar(max) NOT NULL)");
+
+        await InsertValues(setupConnection, sourceTable.Name, async);
+        await VerifyOrdinaryReader(setupConnection, sourceTable.Name, async);
+        await VerifyGetChars(setupConnection, sourceTable.Name, async);
+        await VerifyTextReader(setupConnection, sourceTable.Name, async);
+        await CopyValues(sourceTable.Name, destinationTable.Name, async);
+        await VerifyOrdinaryReader(setupConnection, destinationTable.Name, async);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Opens a connection through the requested synchronous or asynchronous API.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="connection">The connection to open.</param>
+    /// <param name="async">Whether to use the asynchronous API.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task representing the open operation.</returns>
+    private static async Task OpenConnection(SqlConnection connection, bool async)
+    {
+        if (async)
+        {
+            await connection.OpenAsync();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            connection.Open();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Inserts the bidi samples through explicitly typed Unicode parameters.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="connection">The open connection used to insert the samples.</param>
+    /// <param name="tableName">The table that receives the samples.</param>
+    /// <param name="async">Whether to use asynchronous command execution.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task representing the insert operations.</returns>
+    private static async Task InsertValues(SqlConnection connection, string tableName, bool async)
+    {
+        using SqlCommand command = new($"INSERT INTO {tableName} (Id, Value) VALUES (@id, @value)", connection);
+        SqlParameter idParameter = command.Parameters.Add("@id", SqlDbType.Int);
+        SqlParameter valueParameter = command.Parameters.Add("@value", SqlDbType.NVarChar, -1);
+
+        for (int index = 0; index < s_bidiText.Length; index++)
+        {
+            idParameter.Value = index;
+            valueParameter.Value = s_bidiText[index];
+
+            if (async)
+            {
+                await command.ExecuteNonQueryAsync();
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                command.ExecuteNonQuery();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads complete strings through ordinary reader accessors and compares their UTF-16 content.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="connection">The open connection used to read the samples.</param>
+    /// <param name="tableName">The table containing the samples.</param>
+    /// <param name="async">Whether to use asynchronous reader APIs.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task representing the verification operation.</returns>
+    private static async Task VerifyOrdinaryReader(SqlConnection connection, string tableName, bool async)
+    {
+        using SqlCommand command = new($"SELECT Id, Value FROM {tableName} ORDER BY Id", connection);
+        using SqlDataReader reader = async
+            ? await command.ExecuteReaderAsync()
+            : command.ExecuteReader();
+
+        for (int index = 0; index < s_bidiText.Length; index++)
+        {
+            bool hasRow = async ? await reader.ReadAsync() : reader.Read();
+            Assert.True(hasRow);
+            Assert.Equal(index, reader.GetInt32(0));
+            AssertOrdinalEqual(s_bidiText[index], reader.GetString(1));
+            string fieldValue = async
+                ? await reader.GetFieldValueAsync<string>(1)
+                : reader.GetFieldValue<string>(1);
+            AssertOrdinalEqual(s_bidiText[index], fieldValue);
+        }
+
+        Assert.False(async ? await reader.ReadAsync() : reader.Read());
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads one UTF-16 code unit at a time to cover direction and surrogate boundaries in GetChars.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="connection">The open connection used to read the samples.</param>
+    /// <param name="tableName">The table containing the samples.</param>
+    /// <param name="async">Whether to use asynchronous reader execution.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task representing the verification operation.</returns>
+    private static async Task VerifyGetChars(SqlConnection connection, string tableName, bool async)
+    {
+        using SqlCommand command = new($"SELECT Value FROM {tableName} ORDER BY Id", connection);
+        using SqlDataReader reader = async
+            ? await command.ExecuteReaderAsync(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess)
+            : command.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess);
+
+        for (int index = 0; index < s_bidiText.Length; index++)
+        {
+            bool hasRow = async ? await reader.ReadAsync() : reader.Read();
+            Assert.True(hasRow);
+
+            StringBuilder result = new();
+            char[] buffer = new char[1];
+            long dataIndex = 0;
+            long charsRead;
+            do
+            {
+                charsRead = reader.GetChars(0, dataIndex, buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+                result.Append(buffer, 0, (int)charsRead);
+                dataIndex += charsRead;
+            }
+            while (charsRead != 0);
+
+            AssertOrdinalEqual(s_bidiText[index], result.ToString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Reads bidi text through the sequential TextReader using small sync or async buffer operations.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="connection">The open connection used to read the samples.</param>
+    /// <param name="tableName">The table containing the samples.</param>
+    /// <param name="async">Whether to use asynchronous reader and text operations.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task representing the verification operation.</returns>
+    private static async Task VerifyTextReader(SqlConnection connection, string tableName, bool async)
+    {
+        using SqlCommand command = new($"SELECT Value FROM {tableName} ORDER BY Id", connection);
+        using SqlDataReader reader = async
+            ? await command.ExecuteReaderAsync(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess)
+            : command.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess);
+
+        for (int index = 0; index < s_bidiText.Length; index++)
+        {
+            bool hasRow = async ? await reader.ReadAsync() : reader.Read();
+            Assert.True(hasRow);
+
+            using TextReader textReader = reader.GetTextReader(0);
+            StringBuilder result = new();
+            char[] buffer = new char[2];
+            int charsRead;
+            do
+            {
+                charsRead = async
+                    ? await textReader.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
+                    : textReader.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+                result.Append(buffer, 0, charsRead);
+            }
+            while (charsRead != 0);
+
+            AssertOrdinalEqual(s_bidiText[index], result.ToString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Copies the Unicode rows through streaming SqlBulkCopy using the requested execution mode.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="sourceTableName">The table containing the source rows.</param>
+    /// <param name="destinationTableName">The table receiving the copied rows.</param>
+    /// <param name="async">Whether to use asynchronous reader and bulk-copy APIs.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task representing the copy operation.</returns>
+    private static async Task CopyValues(string sourceTableName, string destinationTableName, bool async)
+    {
+        using SqlConnection sourceConnection = new(DataTestUtility.TCPConnectionString);
+        using SqlConnection destinationConnection = new(DataTestUtility.TCPConnectionString);
+        await OpenConnection(sourceConnection, async);
+        await OpenConnection(destinationConnection, async);
+
+        using SqlCommand command = new($"SELECT Id, Value FROM {sourceTableName} ORDER BY Id", sourceConnection);
+        using SqlDataReader reader = async
+            ? await command.ExecuteReaderAsync(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess)
+            : command.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SequentialAccess);
+        using SqlBulkCopy bulkCopy = new(destinationConnection)
+        {
+            DestinationTableName = destinationTableName,
+            EnableStreaming = true
+        };
+        bulkCopy.ColumnMappings.Add(0, 0);
+        bulkCopy.ColumnMappings.Add(1, 1);
+
+        if (async)
+        {
+            await bulkCopy.WriteToServerAsync(reader);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            bulkCopy.WriteToServer(reader);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Compares strings ordinally so the assertion checks logical storage rather than visual rendering.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="expected">The original UTF-16 string.</param>
+    /// <param name="actual">The round-tripped UTF-16 string.</param>
+    private static void AssertOrdinalEqual(string expected, string actual)
+    {
+        Assert.True(
+            string.Equals(expected, actual, StringComparison.Ordinal),
+            $"Expected and actual UTF-16 values differ. Expected length: {expected.Length}; actual length: {actual?.Length}.");
+    }
+}